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    Cohabitation: Why Traditional Marriage Matters

    Jan 12 2015
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    Cohabitation: Why Traditional Marriage Matters

    Date: Jan 12, 2015

    Guests: Glenn Stanton

    Glenn Stanton, Focus on the Family's director of family formation studies, discusses the benefits of marriage and describes the negative consequences of couples living together before getting married – not only for couples who engage in that practice and their children, but for society as a whole.

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